Data for 2002

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2002, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002 covers 145 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.771; Qatar is lowest, at 0.209. The middle country reads 0.620. Against 2001, 138 values changed (118 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2002

HighestSweden

0.771

LowestQatar

0.209

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

145countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
114distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002, as published. UNDP Human Development Report Office ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.771
=2	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.729
=2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.729
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.725
=5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.724
=5	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.724
=7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.723
=7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.723
=7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.723
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.719
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.718
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.716
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.715
14	Chile`CHL`South America	0.712
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.709
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.708
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.705
=17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.705
=19	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.698
=19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.698
21	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.697
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.696
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.696
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.694
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.693
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.692
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.691
=28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.689
=28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.689
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.687
=31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.685
=31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.685
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.684
=34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.681
=34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.681
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.678
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.675
38	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.674
=39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.664
=39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.664
=41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.663
=41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.663
=41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.663
=41	Peru`PER`South America	0.663
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.661
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.658
=47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.657
=47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.657
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.656
=50	Colombia`COL`South America	0.652
=50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.652
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.646
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.645
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.643
55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.641
=56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.638
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.638
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.637
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.635
=60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.634
=60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.634
=60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.634
=63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.632
=63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.632
=63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.632
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.629
=67	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.626
=67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.626
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.625
=70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.624
=70	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.624
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.622
73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.620
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.618
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.616
76	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.614
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.611
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.606
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.599
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.598
81	United States`USA`Northern America	0.597
82	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.596
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.593
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.588
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.585
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.580
87	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.576
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.574
=89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.572
=89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.572
=91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.567
=91	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.567
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.563
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.549
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.548
96	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.544
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.540
98	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.537
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.535
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.528
101	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.511
=102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.503
=102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.503
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.497
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.496
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.487
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.478
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.475
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.471
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.465
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.454
112	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.452
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.451
=114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.449
=114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.449
=116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.448
=116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.448
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.445
=119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.442
=119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.442
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.441
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.436
123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.425
=124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.424
=124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.424
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.423
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.415
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.407
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.406
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.401
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.400
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.387
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.381
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.378
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.367
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.343
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.342
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.336
=139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.331
=139	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.331
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.320
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.310
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.309
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.275
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.209

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.771
2Argentinashared0.729
2Icelandshared0.729
4Japan0.725
5Germanyshared0.724

Lowest

145Qatar0.209
144Niger0.275
143Ethiopia0.309
142Chad0.310
141Burundi0.320

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.620. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 145 in both
118 · 20rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Singapore0.608 → 0.674+0.066
United Arab Emirates0.478 → 0.511+0.033
Afghanistan0.351 → 0.378+0.027
Cambodia0.446 → 0.465+0.019
Paraguay0.625 → 0.643+0.018

Fell most

Cyprus0.659 → 0.614−0.045
Luxembourg0.599 → 0.576−0.023
Kuwait0.470 → 0.451−0.019
Bahrain0.562 → 0.544−0.018
Libya0.638 → 0.624−0.014

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2002.
114 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.663. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 145 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2002). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2002

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